[plug] OT: 2/3 height PCI slots

[Leon Brooks]

On Friday 15 February 2002 22:52, Daniel wrote:
> The Aopen H340 case (small) and the Asus Terminator (small) are both
> designed to fit these cards.

> What about these PCI slots and cards do you have to get special ones -
> that'll be hard if I can't find any.

> Many of the new ones aren't very big - do you just replace the metal
> backing somehow ?

I've run into this with Compaq desktops, solution used was to hackwas a short 
(LAN, in this case) card with full-height backplate, then fold and dripp the 
truncated backplate to fit. Take excessive care to file off swarf and smooth 
it down, then wipe again to avoid filings, before reattaching the card and 
installing it.

Yes, it not only voids your warranty, it probably at least void *'s it.

Cheers; Leon